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UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, and Duke Launch Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC State and Duke are launching a partnership to dramatically broaden access to nanotechnology facilities and expertise to faculty, students, businesses and educators across the Triangle and nationwide. The goal is to encourage both traditional and non-traditional users of these highly specialized and expensive pieces of equipment across the three universities in order to mix ideas and push the limits of innovation.

21 Sep 2015

Northwestern and UChicago Awarded $5 Million NSF Grant for Nanoscale Research

Northwestern University has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish, in collaboration with the University of Chicago, a new national resource that provides academic, small business and industry researchers access to cutting-edge nanotechnology facilities and expertise.

21 Sep 2015

Methods for Fabricating Carbon Nanotube Materials Wins Tech Titans Technology Inventors Award

UT Dallas professors Drs. Ray Baughman and Gil Lee were recently honored for their respective contributions to innovation and the community at the 15th Anniversary Tech Titans Awards Gala.

21 Sep 2015

Peratech’s QTC-Based Force-Sensing Touch Screen Industrial Controller to be Demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2015

Peratech, the innovators in touch technology, will be launching a new touch screen industrial controller demo at Hannover Messe 2015, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial Technology (http://www.hannovermesse.de/home).

From Peratech 21 Sep 2015

Computer Simulations Indicate Possible Mechanism for Carbyne Fiber Synthesis

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have explored a method that uses laser-melted graphite to develop linear chains of carbon atoms.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 18 Sep 2015

NSF Grants Penn’s Singh Center $5 Million to Establish Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Pennsylvania’s Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology a five-year, $5 Million grant to establish the Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub for Research, Education, & Innovation.

18 Sep 2015

NSF Awards UNF $250,000 Grant to Develop New Nanomanufacturing Techniques

Researchers in the departments of Chemistry and Physics at the University of North Florida were recently awarded a three-year research grant totaling $250,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop new nanomanufacturing techniques for the electronics and communications industries.

18 Sep 2015

Synopsys IC Compiler II Receives TSMC Certification for V0.9 of 10nm FinFET Process

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that TSMC has certified its IC Compiler™ II place and route product for V0.9 of 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology (N10FF), and are on track to work towards V1.0 completion in Q4, 2015. IC Compiler II is the successor to IC Compiler, the place and route solution for advanced designs, delivering an improvement in throughput while achieving quality-of-results (QoR) that meets TSMC's certification requirements.

From Synopsys, Inc. 18 Sep 2015

Injecting Gold Nanoparticles in Mammary Tissue Enhances Imaging of Early Signs of Breast Cancer

Detecting breast cancer in women with dense mammary tissues could become more reliable with a new mammogram procedure that researchers have now tested in pre-clinical studies of mice. In their report in the journal ACS Nano, they describe injecting gold nanoparticles in mammary tissue to enhance the imaging of early signs of breast cancer.

From American Chemical Society 18 Sep 2015

FDA Accepts EnGeneIC’s IND for EGFR-Targeted Nanocells Carrying Doxorubicin to Treat Recurrent Glioma

EnGeneIC Ltd., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing its proprietary EDV™ nanocell platform for the targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company's investigational new drug (IND) application for using (EGFR)-EDVs loaded with doxorubicin (dox) in patients with recurrent glioma.

18 Sep 2015

Interplay Between Platinum Nanoparticles and Iron-Oxide Surface Increases Reaction Efficiency

Platinum is a great catalyst and can be used for many different applications. It's expensive stuff though, so tiny platinum nanoparticles sitting on cheap metal oxide materials are used to convert harmful carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. Using scanning tunnelling microscopes, scientists at TU Vienna have now been able to image the catalytic behaviour of platinum sitting on iron-oxide, which allowed them to explain the process on an atomic scale.

18 Sep 2015

Coated Silica Nanoparticles Could be used for Restorative Treatment of Sensitive Teeth

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have shown how the development of coated silica nanoparticles could be used in restorative treatment of sensitive teeth and preventing the onset of tooth decay.

18 Sep 2015

Cadence IP for TSMC 10nm FinFET Process Demonstrates 20% Power Reduction and 50% Area Reduction

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., today announced a broad intellectual property (IP) portfolio for TSMC’s 10nm FinFET (N10) process. Cadence has already secured multiple design wins with this portfolio and is actively engaged with customers as adoption of TSMC’s leading-edge process grows. The initial deliveries of Cadence IP for the N10 process demonstrate a 20 percent power reduction and 50 percent area reduction compared to TSMC’s 16nm process technology, and are ideal for mobile and network infrastructure applications.

From Cadence Design Systems 18 Sep 2015

Iridium-Coated Palladium Nanocube Catalyst Enhances Sensitivity of PSA Test

Say you've been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death in men. You opt for surgery to remove your prostate. Three months later, a prostate surface antigen (PSA) test shows no prostate cells in your body. Everyone rejoices.

18 Sep 2015

Platelet-Mimicking Nanoparticles Could Effectively Deliver Drugs to Targeted Sites

Nanoparticles disguised as human platelets could greatly enhance the healing power of drug treatments for cardiovascular disease and systemic bacterial infections. These platelet-mimicking nanoparticles, developed by engineers at the University of California, San Diego, are capable of delivering drugs to targeted sites in the body -- particularly injured blood vessels, as well as organs infected by harmful bacteria.

18 Sep 2015

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UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, and Duke Launch Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network

Northwestern and UChicago Awarded $5 Million NSF Grant for Nanoscale Research

Methods for Fabricating Carbon Nanotube Materials Wins Tech Titans Technology Inventors Award

Peratech’s QTC-Based Force-Sensing Touch Screen Industrial Controller to be Demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2015

Computer Simulations Indicate Possible Mechanism for Carbyne Fiber Synthesis

NSF Grants Penn’s Singh Center $5 Million to Establish Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub

NSF Awards UNF $250,000 Grant to Develop New Nanomanufacturing Techniques

Synopsys IC Compiler II Receives TSMC Certification for V0.9 of 10nm FinFET Process

Injecting Gold Nanoparticles in Mammary Tissue Enhances Imaging of Early Signs of Breast Cancer

FDA Accepts EnGeneIC’s IND for EGFR-Targeted Nanocells Carrying Doxorubicin to Treat Recurrent Glioma

Interplay Between Platinum Nanoparticles and Iron-Oxide Surface Increases Reaction Efficiency

Coated Silica Nanoparticles Could be used for Restorative Treatment of Sensitive Teeth

Cadence IP for TSMC 10nm FinFET Process Demonstrates 20% Power Reduction and 50% Area Reduction

Iridium-Coated Palladium Nanocube Catalyst Enhances Sensitivity of PSA Test

Platelet-Mimicking Nanoparticles Could Effectively Deliver Drugs to Targeted Sites

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